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Economy and labour: for some these terms have a clear cur definition, for others they are in constant flux. What is work? Who contributes to the economy? How does it affect us? Check out the wonderful works contributed to this topic and the...
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January 31, 2008Eastern Canada Vulnerable to Oil ShortagesNew Report Calls for Canada to Set Up Strategic Petroleum ReservesEDMONTON—Canada is currently the most vulnerable country in the industrial world to short-term oil supply crises, and we need ...

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How to make development effective
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CIVICUS 2010-Vox Pop 1
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Engineer
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Everything Must Go
 A short documentary about the value of stuff. ...
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Something out of Nothing contributes to Waste Management by recycling and re-using waste in the manufacturing of art and...
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The Zamimpilo Arts and Craft Market, Kwa Zulu Natal consists of 164 women who make a living by selling Arts and Craft...
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Park Extension Oral History Project
Life in Park Extension from the perspectives of those who live here....
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Freedom From Poverty
This film was created during the 2010 CIVICUS Conference held in Montreal in August....
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in Portland, Oregon Hot Lips Pizza uses sustainable practices to operate its business and create community....
Tour of the Arcata Food Coop
Tour of the Arcata Food Coop
Arcata, California home to one of the biggest community owned food coop in Northern California....
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The Story Of Food
It's time to rethink our global food production systems.  In this short animation USC Canada critiques mass food p...
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Rag Around my Neck
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Une Nouvelle Vision du Canada dans le Monde
Un animation qui utilise l'image d'une arbre comme symbol pour illustrer une nouvelle vision du Canada dans le monde. Ce...
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A New Vision for Canada's Role in the World
An animation that uses a tree metaphor to illustrate a new vision for Canada's role in the world that resulted from the...
Questions About Canada's Role in the World
During the next Canadian federal election, Canadians have several important questions about Canada's role in the world. ...
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Toronto youth share their ideas and visions for Canada's role in the world....
Personal Connections to Canada's Role in the World
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Pass on the Gift
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Consumalicious
Consumalicious
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Perfect Storm
The effects of the economic crisis on Montréal's poverty infrastructure....
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BELL
Travel through Graham Alexander Bell's historic home and listen to an original moody piece of bitmusic....
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Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - introduction
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Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - consumerism & the environment
Author Varda Burstyn speaks about the impact of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World on the environment....
Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - consumerism & society
Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - consumerism & society
Author Varda Burstyn speaks about the impact of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World on contemporary society....
Varda Burstyn on "Double Think" - concluding remarks
Varda Burstyn on "Double Think" - concluding remarks
Author Varda Burstyn gives a brilliant and incisive talk about the Orwellian notion of "Double Think," and applies it to...
Varda Burstyn on "Double Think"
Varda Burstyn on "Double Think"
Author Varda Burstyn gives a brilliant and incisive talk about the Orwellian notion of "Double Think," and applies it to...
Perspectives on Aid Effectiveness in Bangladesh
Perspectives on Aid Effectiveness in Bangladesh
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A Place Called Chiapas (clip 1)
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Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - consumerism & the economic collapse
Author Varda Burstyn speaks about the impact of consumerism and the recent economic collapse, through the lens of Aldous...
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Interview with Gordon Laxer, Parkland Institute Director
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Effects of the Tar Sands: Fort Mackay, Alberta
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Lawrence Crowfoot, of the Blackfoot Nation, describes his experiences living on a northern Alberta reserve
Lawrence Crowfoot, of the Blackfoot Nation, describes his experiences living on a northern Alberta reserve
Lawrence Crowfoot, member of the Blackfoot Nation, describes his experiences living on a reserve in northern Alberta nea...
Diversidad (Trailer)
Diversidad (Trailer)
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A Place Called Chiapas (clip 2)
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Tar Sands & Water (Part 1 of 5)
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Mike Mercredi on his time working in the tar sands
Mike Mercredi on his time working in the tar sands
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Toxic Alberta - Part 1
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 Greg Stringham, Vice President of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers talks to the media about current an...
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A RUSTLING OF LEAVES: Inside the Philippine Revolution (clip 1)
A right-wing radio host discusses his tactics to win the war on communism....
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A RUSTLING OF LEAVES: Inside the Philippine Revolution (clip 2)
A filmmaker gets get up in an ambush between government forces and communist rebel forces....
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At Dharavi's Doorstep : Developers
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Labour Brokers Labour Breakers (pt.2)
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The team - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 13
Lake Malawi - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 12
A picture of a picture - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 11
The village in the eye of the storm - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 9
The Chief - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 10
Hard times in Kayelekera - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 8
No-show mine - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 7
Unionising from the ground up - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 6
A widow’s story - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 5
Dreams up in flames - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 4
Mapping out Malawi’s Resources - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 3
What else is there? - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 2
No petrol - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 1
Mural painting in Salinas, California [pt.2]
Mural painting in Salinas, California
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
Nothing Wasted
Support The Cause!
Housing Activist Arrest
Slum-dwellers Stage a Sit-in
Children in Bandra
Boys on Mumbai Harbourfront
One thing on her mind
A Metaphor for Canadian Global Leadership - After The Vision
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a festival within a festival
The kids of Thuman
Yet another sureveillance camera...
"Operation Enduring Freedom": doublethink for "War Is Peace" ?
Cartoon- Prozac: the new Soma
Original manuscript of '1984' - opening paragraph
"Man the Machine" - humans serving the state in Orwell's 1984
Perpetually & Morally Committed Shopping-Droids
Orwell: If he were alive today - An exchange with John Rodden
Syncrude Oil Sands Upgrader Plant
Development Near Fort McMurray
Members of Athabasca Chipewyan/Dene First Nation
Repairing a Caterpillar 797B
Michael Mercredi
One of the world’s largest shovels
Tar sands oil at the Albian Sands mine
Shell’s Albian Sands mine
Caterpillar 797B
Bitumen picked from the ground
Separated from the sand
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
Support the Cause!
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
Jean-Marc production still
Bus to Cancun
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
Rustling of Leaves - film still 2
Rustling of Leaves - film still 1
Rustling of Leaves - film still 3
Caravan to Cancun
Stefan production still
VectormonarcaMexico - invitation
Camp for Temporary Workers
Salinas, California
The Golden Gate Bridge
Melissa on the Highway
DDC at the Mexican border
Corn in the Clouds
Farmer Pedro Batista Rojas
Vancouver send-off
Diversidad Mural
Diversidad Mural
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